Forum For European Philosophy

The Forum is an educational charity which organises and runs a full and varied programme of philosophy and interdisciplinary events in the UK. Our events take various forms but we studiously avoid academic papers. Formats we like include dialogues, panel discussions, public lectures and provocations, all of which are open to the public and most of which are free.

Dialogues

Monday 2 February, 18.30 - 20.00
On TruthSheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, LSESimon Blackburn|, Professor of Philosophy, University of Cambridge, Pascal Engel|, Professor of Modern and Contemporary Philosophy, University of Geneva
Chair: Peter Dennis|, LSE Fellow, Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method and Forum for European Philosophy FellowSuggested hashtag for this event for Twitter users: #LSEtruth

Ethics Matters

Monday 9 February, 18.30 - 20.00On Informed ConsentNew Theatre, East Building, LSEOnora O’Neill|, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Cambridge. She is also the current Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission and a crossbench member of the House of Lords, Jonathan Wolff|, Professor of Philosophy, University College London
Chair: Peter Dennis|, LSE Fellow, Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method and Forum for European Philosophy FellowSuggested hashtag for this event for Twitter users: #LSEethicsmatters

Inaugural Lectures

Tuesday 10 February, 18.30 - 20.00Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, LSESimon Glendinning|, Professor of European Philosophy, European Institute, LSE and Director of the Forum for European Philosophy.
hair: Danielle Sands|, Lecturer in Philosophy, Royal Holloway, University of London and Forum for European Philosophy Fellow.
0 years ago Professor Glendinning gave an inaugural lecture arguing for the abolition of inaugural lectures. His failure allows his son to return to this theme. This lecture will explore whether philosophy’s distinctive and historic relation to something like an inaugural public pledge to speak publicly points towards a conception of the professor in general as someone who, working in the university, demands that such work not be exclusively enclosed within it.Suggested hashtag for this event for Twitter users: #LSEinaugural

LSE Space for Thought Literary Festival: Foundations

Monday 23 - Saturday 28 February 2015LSE’s 7th Literary Festival| will explore the foundations of knowledge, society, identity and literature, as well as those of LSE itself in our 120th year. We are reflecting on some of the important anniversaries taking place this year, whilst also celebrating an idea at the heart of LSE, encapsulated in our motto, 'to understand the causes of things'. Full details, including ticket information online atwww.lse.ac.uk/spaceforthought|

Wednesday 25 February, 11am - 12.30pmThe Soul of the Marionette: a short inquiry into human freedomSheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, LSEJohn Gray|, Emeritus Professor of European Thought, LSE. His books include False Dawn, Straw Dogs and The Silence of AnimalsChair: Danielle Sands|, Lecturer in Philosophy, Royal Holloway, University of London and Forum for European Philosophy FellowSuggested hashtag for this event for Twitter users: #LSElitfest

Saturday 28 February, 11am – 12.30pmThe Human Age? Art and Identity in the AnthropoceneWolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, LSEGaia Vince|, writer and journalist. She is the author of Adventures in the Anthropocene,Sarah Wood|, Senior Lecturer in English and American Literature, University of Kent, Kathryn Yusoff|, Senior Lecturer in Human Geography, Queen Mary, University of London
Chair: Danielle Sands|, Lecturer in Philosophy, Royal Holloway, University of London and Forum for European Philosophy FellowSuggested hashtag for this event for Twitter users: #LSElitfest

Saturday 28 February, 17.00 - 18.30Is there Life in the ‘Novel of Ideas’?Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, LSEPeter Boxall|, Professor of English, University of Sussex, Jennie Erdal|, writer. She is the author of Ghosting and The Missing Shade of Blue: A Philosophical Adventure,Andrew O’Hagan|, novelist and writer. His books include The Missing, Our Fathers,Personality and The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog, and of his friend Marilyn MonroeChair: Michael Caines|, writer and an editor on the TLSSuggested hashtag for this event for Twitter users: #LSElitfest

Ticket Information

All events in the Festival are free to attend and open to all. E-tickets will be available to book online after 10am on Tuesday 3 February via LSE E-Shop|.
For any queries see LSE Events FAQ| or email events@lse.ac.uk| or call 0207 955 6043

Thinking in Public

Reconnecting Europe: bridging the gap between European citizens and European institutions

Welcome Address13.45 - 14.00Joaquín Almunia|, Ex-Vice-President of the European Commission and Commissioner responsible for competition

Disintegrating Europe: Nationalism, Regionalism and Globalization14.00 - 15.30Scoping Introduction: John Breuilly|, Professor of Nationalism and Ethnicity, LSEGuest Speaker: Kalypso Nicolaïdis|, Professor of International Relations and Director of the European Studies Centre, University of Oxford
At the level of both the member states and the EU as a whole there are social forces pulling in opposite directions (both local and global), putting tremendous pressure on existing political institutions. This session will explore the cultural and political conditions prevailing in Europe today.

Refreshments in the Atrium of Sheikh Zayed Theatre 15.30 - 16.00

Political Economy of European Union16.00 - 17.30Scoping Introduction:Bob Hancké|, Associate Professor of Political Economy, European Institute, LSEGuest Speaker: David Soskice|, Professor of Political Science and Economics, LSE
Can Europe’s member states sustain the European Social Model? In this session we will explore how economic innovations promoted by the EU (the Euro, Banking Union, debt sharing) as well as global ‘neoliberal’ market developments are changing the European political-economy.

Reception in the Atrium of Sheikh Zayed Theatre
17.30 - 18.30

European Politics and Government
18.30 - 20.00Scoping Introduction: Mareike Kleine|, Associate Professor of EU and International Politics, European Institute, LSEGuest Speaker: Jonathan Holslag|, Professor of International Politics, The Free University of Brussels
European politics has been dominated by the vexed question of the democratic deficit. Should Europe move towards greater political union? Should the European parliament become a proper European government? Or should we look for innovations at the national, regional, or even city level?
Suggested hashtag for this event for Twitter users: #LSEeurope

Michaelmas Term 2014

Consilience

In this series, a panel debates a topic with the aim of fostering interdisciplinary communication and mutual understanding. Emphasis will be placed on trying to identify common questions and on seeking to integrate knowledge from different areas of expertise.

Thursday 16th October 2014, 18.30 - 20.00Rationality and Irrationality in Government
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, LSECass Sunstein|, Robert Walmsley University Professor, Harvard Law School.
Chair: Tali Sharot|, Director of the Affective Brain Lab and Reader in the Department of Experimental Psychology, UCL and Forum for European Philosophy Fellow.

Tuesday 21st October 2014, 18.30 - 20.00Do We Need to Shake Up the Social Sciences? Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, LSENicholas Christakis|, Sol Goldman Family Professor of Social and Natural Science and Director of the Human Nature Lab, Yale University. He is also Co-Director of the Yale Institute for Network Science.Patrick Dunleavy|, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, LSE.Amanda Goodall|, Senior Lecturer, Department of Management, Cass Business School.Andrew Oswald|, Professor of Economics, University of Warwick.
Chair: Siobhan Benita|, Chief Policy and Strategy Officer, Department of Economics, University of Warwick.Suggested hashtag for this event for Twitter users: #LSEsocialsciences

Ethics Matters

Not so long ago academic discussions of ethical matters were confined to the logic of the language of morals and the meaning of ethical statements. Events in this strand will put contemporary thinking in ethics to the test, and explore its practical relevance

Thursday 13th November 2014, 18.30 – 20.00Ethics Matters in the FamilyWolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, LSEAdam Swift|, Professor of Political Theory, University of Warwick.
Chair: Gabriel Wollner|, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, LSE and Forum for European Philosophy Fellow.Suggested hashtag for this event for Twitter users: #LSEfamily

European Provocations

In this series we invite thinkers and scholars - thought provokers in their own right - to introduce a short text which has special significance to them.

Thursday 4th December 2014, 18.30 - 20.00Accelerate Europe: the geographical imaginaries of accelerationismWolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, LSEBenjamin Noys|, Reader in English, University of Chichester.
Chair: Danielle Sands|, Lecturer in Philosophy, Royal Holloway, University of London and Forum for European Philosophy Fellow.Suggested hashtag for this event for Twitter users: #LSEaccelerationism

Thursday 11th December 2014, 18.30 – 20.00Questions of IdentityWolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, LSEVincent Descombes|, Visiting Professor of French Literature, University of Chicago and Director of Studies, School for Advanced Studies in Social Sciences, Paris. Alan Montefiore|, Emeritus Fellow, Balliol College, University of Oxford and President of the Forum for European Philosophy.
Chair: Danielle Sands|, Lecturer in Philosophy, Royal Holloway, University of London and Forum for European Philosophy Fellow.Suggested hashtag for this event for Twitter users: #LSEidentity

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